Comments on: Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka Linked to Pesticideshttp://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2012/10/kidney-disease-in-sri-lanka-linked-to-pesticides/
News on pesticide science, policy and activismWed, 29 Jul 2015 05:11:21 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: Dr.C.S.Weeraratnahttp://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2012/10/kidney-disease-in-sri-lanka-linked-to-pesticides/#comment-157989
Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:19:55 +0000http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=8347#comment-157989No one has found the exact causal factor/s of CKD reported in Sri Lanka. If fertilizers and pesticides are the causal factors then CKDU should be reported in other parts of the country as well where fertilizers and pesticides are used widely. WHO report does not indicate that CKDU is due to arsenic and arsenic. Of course indiscriminate use of fertilizers and pesticides should be stopped.
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